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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2023
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Working Paper No. HEIDWP08-2023
Verlag: 
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Zusammenfassung: 
We show that inequality triggers social unrest in rural India. We develop a theoretical framework where social unrest is rationally used by civilians to oppose (unfair) surplus sharing by the elite. We predict that the probability of observing social unrest in a village increases with the sum of distances between the (log) average and the lowest incomes. We bring our measure to the data using bank account details in 2,197 Indian villages. We document that a 10% increase in our inequality measure increases by 6.5% the unconditional probability of observing social unrest in a village in a given month.
Schlagwörter: 
Inequality
Social unrest
Development
Redistribution
JEL: 
D31
D63
D74
Dokumentart: 
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